Strainer.



FRANK E. KEYES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STRAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

Application filed November 5, 1910. Serial No. 590,922.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. KEYES, of New York, in the countyof NewYork and State. of New York, have, invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Strainers; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to improvements in strainers,the object of theinvention being to provide a strainer which can be readily applied to awater fountain of any construction; which will effectually separatefiocculent matter from the water and permit it to be deposited out ofthe path of incoming water; and which can be easily and quickly takenapart and effectually cleaned.

With this object in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter setforth and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal sectional viewof my improved strainer, and Fig. 2 is an end View.

1 represents a cylinder which may conveniently be made of bronze andprovided at one end with a threaded opening 2 for the passage of anoutlet nipple 3,an inlet opening 4 being provided near the other end ofsaid cylinder. The end of the cylinder near the inlet opening 4 is madewith a large opening having threaded walls for the accommodation of ahead 5. The head 5 is made cup-shaped to form a sediment chamber 6 andthe exterior of said head is adapted for the reception of a suitablewrench. An annular flange 7 projects from the head 5 and forms a portionof the sediment chamber 6. The lower end of a perforated tube 8encircles the flange 7 and is secured thereto,said perforated tube beingof sufiicient length to extend approximately to the opposite end of thecylinder-and having a diameter appreciably less than that of thecylinder. The upper end of the tube 8 is closed by a head 9 and throughthis head the outlet nipple 3 projects. A covering 10 through the headgauze (preferably of about 200 mesh) surrounds the perforated tube andclosely embraces the same. Water entering at 4 will flow into thechamber 11 formed between the cylinder and the straining tube and passfrom said chamber through the Wire gauze covering 10 and through t heperforations of the tube 8 and find an exit through the outlet nipple 3.Any fiocculent matter which may becontained in the water will be caughtby the gauze covering 10 and fine impurities which might remain insuspension in the water after the. latter reaches the interior of .thetube Swill become deposited in the sediment chamber 6.

By removing-the head 5, the tube 8 and its gauze covering 10 will alsobe removed from the cylinder and can be readily cleaned by running waterthrough the perforated tube and the gauze from a suitable faucet, whenthe sediment will be effectually removed from the meshes of the gauzeand from the sediment chamber.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecureby Letters-Patent, is,-

A Water strainer comprising a cylinder provided near its lower end witha water inlet, a head passing through the bottom of the cylinder andremovably supported thereby, said head having a cup-shaped portionconstituting a sediment chamber, a perforated, tube secured to said headand having a diameter appreciably less than the internal diameter of thecylinder, said tube extending approximately to the upper end of thecylinder and having a closed head at its upper end, an outlet nippleprojecting through the upper end of the cylinder and at the'upper end ofthe perforated tube and removable therefrom, and a gauze coveringinclosing said perforated tube.

In t-estimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

of wire Witnesses:

FRED F. PARTR'IDGE, v p GRACE A. ALLISON.

FRANK E. KEYES.

